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Summary

Large hut inside circular enclosure south of Leeden Tor. Large double walled hut in good condition with entrance to south marked by two uprights and what appears to have served as a lintel, now collapsed. Internal diameter measures 9.0 metres. Coursed wall 3.2 metres wide, 0.9 metres high.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008661: Eight stone hut circles and two enclosures forming part of an unenclosed settlement 580m south of Leeden Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/4
• Old SAM County Ref: 828
• Old SAM Ref: 22263

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE43, Hut C (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV272991.

One of a group of 13 hut circles and an enclosure, south of Leeden Tor.
24/8/1950 (SX 5617 7113) Hut C. Diameter 11.5 metres, wall width 2.0 metres, height 0.75 metres. Large double walled with entrance to s marked by two uprights and what appears to have served as a lintel, now collapsed. Enclosed within a pound, this hut circle is in very good condition. Interior floor very uneven, much overgrown.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Hut circle shown on data.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset. (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

23/4/1992 (SX56177113) Internal diameter measures 9.0 metres. Coursed wall 3.2 metres wide, 0.9 metres high. Doorway to the west.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 36-7, Map 45, Figure 45.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle '3' of 8.3 metres diameter is a large well preserved building near the centre of the enclosure within Settlement 'B' at Leeden Tor South. The walls are still a metre high with an entrance to the south-west.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 09/04/2019. Good condition. Photo taken

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Visited 09/04/2019. Photo taken

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Depicted on the modern mapping, which matches the 2015 aerial photography for this area quite well, so is assumed to be fairly accurate.

Historic England, 2019, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV362730.

See designation record for detail.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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